Tabernacle



Jan. 26, 1932.

L J- MARIO-m TABERNACLE Filed NOV. 5, 19294 sheets-sheet 2 @y WMM@ Jan.26, 19.352a J. J. MARIOTTI 1,842,531

TABERN'ACLE Filed Nov. e, .1929 4 sheets-sheet s Jan. 26, 1932.

J. J. MARloTT-l 1,842,531

TABERNACLE Filed Nov. 6, 1929` 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 hall n vention I haveshown a vault having a pair Patented dan. 26, 1932 UNITED STATES JOSEPHJ'. MARIOTTI, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO DAPRATO STATUARY COM-PANY, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS TABERNACLEApplication led November 6, 1929. Serial `No. 405,103.

My invention relates to safes or vaults and particularly to that type ofsafe or vault which may be used as a tabernacle.

Vaults of this type are usually comparatively small in size and placedin full public view and therei'ore must be strongly and heavilyconstructed without being cumbersome in order to prevent unwarrantedentry thereinto yet they should also be readily acu cessible to entry byauthorized persons.

It is the purpose of my invention to provide a. sate particularlysuitable as a taber nacle which is strongly constructed, substantiallyburglar prooi and yet readily accessi- K; ble to authorized entry.

In accordance with my invention I provide a double walled vault with adoor sliding between the walls and I further provide means for closingthe space between the two .-l walls when the doors are open in order toeliminate the possibility of dropping arti cles between the two wallswhen removing them from the interior of the vault.

. In the illustrated embodiment of my inof doors which meet at thecenter and swing away from each other into the space between the twowalls oix the vault leaving a clear and entirely tree opening into thevault. In this :swf embodiment I prefer to provide a connection betweenthe doors which causes them to be moved together, that is, to make itnecessary to move one door only, which will automatically open the otherdoor.

:in A. more complete understanding of my invention will be had from thefollowing description taken in connection with the drawings in which:

e 1 is a front elevation ot a vault or fi tabernacle constructed inaccordance with my invention;

l? ig. 2 is a plan view with the top removed ilh'lstrating the dooroperating mechanism;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation with a portion of the outer wall removed toillustrate the door supporting structure Fig. 4 is an enlarged verticalsection on line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on line 5-5 au oi Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is al horizontal oi' Fig. 4;

Fig. 7 is a vertical section on line 7-7 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail showing the manner of covering andconcealing the joints in the walls, and

Fig. 9 is a section on the line 9-9 of Fig. 4.

In the illustrated embodiment of my invention I have shown a doublewalled vault which in eii'ect is one vault within another, the innervault serving as the supporting medium for the outer shell and thedoors.

The inner vault or safe chamber is constructedoi' a single sheet ofmetal 1 formed of sheet steel or some other suitable material and bentinto a partial cylinder the vertical terminating ends of which arespaced to pro vide an opening or entry into the vault. For appearanceand strength the chamber may be lined with a second sheet of metal 2such as bronze, the ends of the two sheets being bound together bychannel shaped strips 3. The upper edge of sheet 1 is secured by screwsor by welding to a circular angle iron 4 to which is attached a topplate 6. The lower edge of sheet 1 is also securedto an angle ring 7 towhich is attached a bottom plate 8 the vault chamber thus being definedby the wall 1, top 6 and bottom 8.

The top plate G and the bottom plate 8 carry spacers 9 which support theouter shell or casing. For this purpose an upper ring 11 and a lowerring 12 are secured to the spacers 9 by means of screws or the like. Anangular rim 13 is secured to the upper ring 11 and a similar angular rim14 is secured to lower ring 12. To these angle rings are bolted orotherwise attached the outer shell 16 composed of two sections of sheetsteel or other metal joined at the rear abutting edges by a strip 17.The sections 16 comprising the outer shell are curved to form asubstantially cylindrical body spaced from and concentric to the innervault chamber and terminate at the front approximately adjacent thefront ends oi1 the inner wall 1. The outer sections 16 may be faced withfacing `sheets 18 of bronze or other decorative metal which add sectionon line 6-6 both to the appearance and strength of the tabernacle.

The front terminating edges of sheets 16 and 18 are linished olf bytrimming strips 19 which define the opening into the vault. To thehorizontal lower flange of the lower ring 14 there is secured a base 21which serves to support the tabernacle. The lower edges of the walls 16and 18 areconcealed and inished ofl3 by means of arcuate plates 22-thejoints of which areconcealed by cover plates 23. The space between thefinishing strips 19 and below the lower plate 8 is closed by' an arcuateplate 24 secured to the vertical flange of lower ring 14 being spacedtherefrom by a spacing .plate 26. Y

The upper end" ofthe -outer's'hell vis closed by a dome-like structuresecured to arcuate strips 27 :surrounding the upper edges of walls 16and 18 and similar in size and shape to strips 22, the join'tsofstrips27 being concealed by cover plates 28 in a manner similar to thebase construction. The upper edges of strips 27 support a ring 39 whichcarries the dome-like top'coinposedof sections 41, 42l and a top coverplate 43. The upper margin Vof the opening between front strips j 19 isspanned by an 'arcuate frontv plate 44.

ln order to close'the opening through the two' shells l' provide a pairof swinging or sliding doors 46 and 47 secured to substantiallytriangular shaped door carriers, 48 and 49 respectively, curved to slidebetween the inner and outer shells.v Thecarriers 48 and 49 extend aboveand bellowthe ends 6 and 8 of the inner shell and are each rigidlysecuredl to and supported upon a pair of arms 51, 52, and 53, 54.' Aarms51 and 53 are pivoted toa bearing post V56 projecting upwardly 'fromandbefing rigidly secured to substantially the center of the upper endplate 6 of the vault chamber. Arms A52 and 54 are pi'votedV to a bearingpost 57 .projecting downwardly from the center ofend plate 8'. Thebearing post f is provided with ball races to provide substantiallyfrictionless bearing surfaces.

The doors 46 and 47 are secured to the carriers 48 and 49 respectivelywith the rear ver- Y sition to extend across the entrance into theVvault as a threshold and completely close the space between tlieplate 24and the front edge of the end plate-8 the inner edge of the plate 50beingv of course curved to lit closely adjacent theperiphery ofplate 8thus' providing u a threshold plate leading into thevault. Y

counter-clockwise direction, pin 59 willmove siteend-of lever-62 beingpivoted' at 63 tothe topplate 6. The-arm'51"` is also provided with aprojection 64 somewhat shorter than the projection 58 and extendingbeyond the fulcrum point 56. rlhe outer end of the projection64carriesfapin=66`v`vhich engages one end of-alink-67 the other end of link 67being-pivotally secured to lever V62intermediate pins 59 and pin 63.v`From the above it follows that if arm 53 is moved to. the-right or in-ain`acounter-clbckwise direction and? travel tothe end ofthe slotted endof link 62 thus rotating link 62in'a counter-clockwise directionaboutits pivot'k 63. This movementV will carry link 67 in a downward orinward direc'- tion (see dotted lines Figl 2) thus rotating arm 5'1 in aclockwised'ire'ction about post 56. 'lt is kthus seen that if door 47isinoved to an open position, doorv 46 will be automatically moved' toan open position. The same movements will take place if'ar'm 51 or door46 is Vopened inf the first instance'. In closing the reversek movestake .placefA The open and closed positions being.A shown in' solidandgdotted' lines respectively in Figure 2. c

In lorderY that the doors may be securely locked in' closed "positionthe meeting edges thereof are provided with two angle strips 68 and`69positionedto abut each other when the doors are in' closed position.VStrip 68 is provided with one or moreA perforations to receive a'locking bar 7l forming part of ar locking mechanism carried by strip 69.The locking mechanism comprises a vertical rod 72 to which the bar 71 issecured, the rod 72 being of sullicientl length to project upward- -lyas at 73`tlirough-` an aperture in the end Vthereby thus actuating rackbar 7`6and raisingor lowering rod472 and'bar 71.

In order to limit the movementof the doors a pair of stops 79 aresecuredv to the wall 1' which-1engagesV the rearslant'ingedges of thedoor carriers. y I

From. the above description it can `be seen" that there is provided asubstantially burglar proof :vault L,comprising a vault chamber withinan outer chamber having a pair off doors which are readily and easilyoperable :he doors being entirely concealed when the vault is openandthe entire mechanism thereu et being concealed both when the door isopen and closed. The foregoing construction permits oil: a comparativelysmall vault or yet a strong safe which may be used as a tabernacle, lheconstruction of the doors and the threshold plate provide a smooth a n dclosed entrance into the vault thus eliminating the possibility oft'sharing articles as they are placed in or withdrawn from the tabernacle.

lt understood of course that many changes m y be made in the details ofcon struction hout departing from the spirit and scope oit the inventionas defined in the claims appended hereto.

l claim:

l. at sate comprising a substantially cylindrical side wall, top andbottom end plates secured thereto, said side wall having an openingtherein, a bearing post secured to each oi? the top and bottom endplates and a pair oit arms pivoted to each of said posts, a pair oi"arcuate door carriers each being se cured to one upper and one lowerarm, a pair oi? arcuate doors secured to said carriers and arranged toproject therefrom, said doors terminating at their lower ends above thebottom end plate and a plate extending beneath said door into closeproximity to said bottom plate, said doors being arranged to swing` oversaid plate and in front oic said opening -V to close `the same.

i?. l sate comprising an inne' wall enclosing a vault chamber and anouter wall spaced therefrom and substantially surrounding said innerwall, said walls having aligned openings leading into said chamber, apair oit door carriers, and a pair of doors secured to said doorcarriers and projecting l l' rally therefrom, said doors being movablete closed position in liront of said openings aud mounted Vtor slidingmovement with said carriers into open position between said walls. ilsate comprising a cylindrical wall and top and bottom walls, said wallsenclosing a vault chamber, said cylindrical wall having an openingtherethrough leading into said chamber, arcuate door carriers pivoted tothe top and bottom walls and having portions thereot extending above andbelow the vault chamber and doors secured to said carriers andprojecting laterally from said extended portmns oit said carriers, saiddoors being slidable with said carriers into closed posiwith the doorsin iront of said opening into open position with the doors adjathccylindrical side wall. l sate comprising an inner side wall, a plate anda bottom plate, said wall and being arranged to enclose a vault chamber,an outer wall spaced from and substautially surrounding said inner sidewall,

said outer wall and side wall having aligned openings constituting anentry into said chamber, a sliding door pivotally mounted about a `pivotsubstantially removed from the door for sliding movements to a psitionin front of said entry when in closed position and to a position betweensaid walls when in open position, and means extending outwardly fromsaid chamber at the entry thereinto substantially flush with the bottomplate thereof to :torni a threshold at said entry, said means extendingbeneath said door when in closed position.

.3. A safe comprisingl an inner side wall, a top plate and a bottomplate, said wall and plates being arranged to enclose a vault chamber,an outer wall spaced from and substantially surrounding said inner Wall,said side wall and outer wall having aligned openings constituting anentry into said chamber, a pair of arms pivoted to each of the top andbottom plates, door carriers connecting each of said top arms to one otsaid bottom arms, a pair of doors secured to said door carriers, saiddoors being` slidable to closed position in trent ot s id entry and intoopen position bctwec said side walls, and means extending outwardly fromsaid chamber at the entry thereinto substantially tlush with said bottomplate, said means extending beneath said doors w ien in closed position.

6. A salie colnprisin g a substantially cylindrical side wall, top andbottom end plates secured thereto, said walls and plates provid ing avault chamber, said side wall having an opening 'therethrough leadinginto said chamber, a bearing post secured to each ot the top and bottomend plates without the cham ber, a pair or' arms pivoted to each of saidposts, a pair ot arcuate door carriers extending above and below saidtop and bottom plates, each of said carriers being secured to one upperand one lower arm, a pair of arcuate doors secured to said carriers withthe bottom edges ot said doors terminating substantially in the plane otsaid bottom plate, said doors being adapted to slide in trent ot saidopening to close the same in closed position and adjacent said side wallin open position.

7. A safe comprising` a substantially cylindrical side wall and top andbottom end plates secured thereto, said side wall and plates beingarranged to enclos-e a vault chamber, an outer wall substantiallysurrounding said side wall and spaced therefrom, said side wall and saidouter' wall having aligned openings leading` into said chamber, abearing post secured to each of the top and bottom end plates, doorcarriers pivoted to said posts and a pair of arcuate doors secured tosaid door carriers and arranged to lie between said walls when in openposition and to meet substantially at the center ot said opening when inclosed position, and means connecting'said doors for automaticsimultnneous operation, said means comprising 'a lever securedrto a xedpivot upon one. osaid end plates, said lever having a sliding connecionto one vof said door carriers and a link pivoted to the other of saiddoor carriers Vand to said lever at a point intermediate'theends of thelatter. Y

In Witness of the foregoing I ailix my signature.

JOSEPH J. MARIOTTI.

